Latest articles by Damian Fanelli
July 2023 Guitar World lesson videos
Featuring the latest column videos by Joe Bonamassa, Andy Timmons, Josh Smith and more
Watch Albert King reunite, jam with Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1983: “There's a lot of guitar players that just play fast, they don't concentrate on soul – but you got ’em both”
See King wrap his head around the (then up-and-coming) talent of SRV – a player he first knew as ‘Little Stevie’ – in a blues jam for the ages
Everything you need to know about Metallica's scorching new album – only in the new Guitar World
Plus! Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, Steel Panther, Paul Gilbert does Dio, Chris Holmes, the top 10 tools for every gig and tributes to Gary Rossington and David Lindley
The pedals that the world's greatest guitarists can't live without – only in the new Guitar World
Plus! Periphery, Huey Lewis guitar great Chris Hayes, Nova Twins, Tom Verlaine, Vinnie Moore, Obituary, Slade's Noddy Holder, the Sweet's Andy Scott and more, more, more!
An unpublished Jeff Beck interview and his 10 favorite guitars (with rare photos) – only in the new Guitar World
Plus! Dave Mustaine talks Metallica and John Fogerty recounts his Creedence Clearwater Revival-era gear
The 50 greatest moments in electric guitar history – only in the new Guitar World
Plus! The truth about gear acquisition syndrome, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Mercyful Fate, Arch Enemy, the Kinks and more
Jeff Beck's 13 best studio guest appearances
From studio sessions with Ozzy Osbourne all the way to a surprising reggae run-out with Toots & The Maytals, here are 50-plus years' worth of Beck's greatest collaborative credits
Beatles tone blowout, Arch Enemy and Marcus King – only in the new Guitar World
Plus! Wings guitarist Denny Laine revisits Red Rose Speedway and Band on the Run, our headless guitar roundup, a new lesson by Joe Bonamassa and more
Wolfgang Van Halen, Nita Strauss and the absolute best of 2022 – only in the new Guitar World
Plus! The year's biggest guitar news, best new gear, our picks for guitarist of the year, the future of EVH Gear, Orianthi, Jason Richardson and much more!
George Harrison's 15 greatest guitar moments after The Beatles
Following the breakup of the Beatles, Harrison invented an entirely new, distinctive, and often-imitated guitar persona for himself. Revisit the finest of those post-Beatles six-string moments
The 10 best covers of Jimi Hendrix songs
A good Hendrix cover is a rarity, so we've taken it upon ourselves to compile the 10 greatest takes on Hendrix classics
Måneskin – plus SRV, Dimebag and the 30 greatest Texas guitarists of all time – only in the new Guitar World
Plus! John Petrucci goes solo, GA-20's massive blues, Dead Cross, a new Dimebag lesson, Steve Miller and more
The Gibson ES-345 Marty McFly played in Back to the Future was actually from the future
In the 1985 blockbuster, Marty McFly travels back in the time to 1955 to shred faces at a high school dance – but the Gibson ES-345 wasn't introduced until 1958...
Steve Vai and Polyphia team up for the guitar collaboration (and interview!) of the year – only in the new Guitar World
Plus! When Jimi Hendrix met Mr. Spock, the life and times of Johnny Thunders, Bob Weir, Josh Klinghoffer, a new Joe Bonamassa lesson and more
Stevie Ray Vaughan's 10 greatest guitar moments
Dig deep into SRV's six-string artistry with our compilation of his finest performances
Don Felder: "The Eagles never played three Les Pauls. It just turns into a big train wreck"
In this 2013 GW interview, the former Eagles man reveals the gear behind his tone on Hotel California and One of These Nights, and how a lesson from Duane Allman transformed his playing
